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Twenty-Five Churches Welcomed into Membership
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (June 15, 2006) - Welcoming new churches into membership of the
Evangelical Covenant Church always is a highlight at the annual meetings, and
this year was no exception during the denomination's 121st Annual Meeting.
Delegates welcomed 25 churches with a cumulative approximate membership of
1,570 and cumulative average attendance of 4,347.
Several of the churches are adoptions into the denomination. These include
St. Paul's (Wolf's) Church of York, Pennsylvania, which was founded in 1763 and
formerly was a member of the United Church of Christ; Four Rivers Church of
Paducah, Kentucky; Cornerstone Church of Boston, Massachusetts; Community
Evangelical Covenant Church of Chicago, Illinois; Puna Congregational Covenant
Church of Kea'au, Hawaii; and New Jerusalem Covenant Church of Chicago.
 Several of the new
churches continue to represent ethnic diversity, as 55 percent of them minister
to congregations of color. These ethnic and multi-ethnic congregations include
Community Evangelical Covenant Church of Chicago, a first-generation Filipino
congregation; and QueensWest Covenant Church, with a large Asian population; a
largely African-American congregation.
The churches also are varied in their worship styles and ministries. The
House Covenant Church of Chicago has a hip-hop service that reaches
approximately 500 youth and young adults each week. Artisan Covenant Church
offers a variety of worship styles to reach a postmodern generation. Lifehouse
Covenant Church has a strong recovery ministry. Metro Community Covenant Church
of Fort Lee, New Jersey, meets in a Jewish community center and has a ministry
called Justice, Advocacy and Compassion that has organized homeless dinners and
ministers to illiterate children and single mothers.
Several churches were launched with the help of other Covenant churches. A
cluster of Covenant churches supported the pioneer ministry of Hope Covenant
Church in El Dorado, Kansas. First Covenant Church of Portland, Oregon,
sponsored Vibrant Covenant Church.
Following is the list of new churches, grouped by conference, with average
membership and attendance figures following each church's name:
Central Conference
- The House Evangelical Covenant Church, Chicago, Illinois – none listed, 500
attendees.
- New Jerusalem Life Covenant Church, Chicago, Illinois – none listed, 40
attendees.
- Community Evangelical Covenant Church, Chicago, Illinois – 25 members, 65
attendees.
East Coast Conference
- Cornerstone Church, an Evangelical Covenant Church, Boston, Massachusetts –
in process members, 230 attendees.
- Metro Community Covenant Church, Fort Lee, New Jersey – 50 members, 140
attendees.
- Brooklyn Covenant Ministries, Brooklyn, New York – 85 members, 55 attendees.
- QueensWest Covenant Church, Long Island, New York – 51 members, 100
attendees.
- St. Paul's (Wolf's) Church, An Evangelical Covenant Church, York,
Pennsylvania – 428 members, 200 attendees.
Great Lakes Conference
- Four Rivers Church, An Evangelical Covenant Church, Paducah, Kentucky – 70
members, 350 attendees.
- Artisan Covenant Church, Rochester, New York – 15 members, 75 attendees.
- Designer's Covenant Church, Nashville, Tennessee – 45 members, 92 attendees.
Midwest Conference
- Lifehouse Covenant Church, Longmont Covenant Church – 62 members, 45
attendees.
- Hope Covenant Church, El Dorado, Kansas – 32 members, 110 attendees.
North Pacific Conference
- Vibrant Covenant Church, Portland, Oregon – 40 members, 65 attendees.
- The Well Covenant Church, Corvallis, Washington – 75 members, 150 attendees.
- Quest Ministries, an Evangelical Covenant Church, Seattle, Washington – 72
members, 400 attendees.
Pacific Southwest Conference
- Vision Covenant Church, Azusa, California – 10 members, 120 attendees.
- Rock Harbor Covenant Church, Rocklin, California – none listed, 255
attendees.
- Bayside of South Sacramento Covenant Church, Sacramento, California – 75
members, 600 attendees.
- Life Covenant Church, Torrance, California – none listed, 130 attendees.
- La Vina Covenant Church, Kerman, California – 32 members, 105 attendees.
- Nueva Vision Covenant Church, Winnetka, California – 67 members, 100
attendees.
- Canto Nuevo Covenant Church, Walnut Creek, California – 80 members, 125
attendees.
- Puna Congregational Covenant Church, an Evangelical Covenant Church, Kea'au,
Hawaii – 188 members, 225 attendees .
Southeast Conference
- Grace Covenant Church, Columbia, South Carolina – 70 members, 70 attendees.
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